"Sic Transit"
Photography | 31.5x23.6 in
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4 artworks by Marisa Melo (Selection)
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With "Impermanence" project I want to contribute to the creation of an awareness about transience. Its[...]
With "Impermanence" project I want to contribute to the creation of an awareness about transience. Its acceptance can be liberating. As in the history of the emperor who asked his sages for an amulet to help him see the illusion of moments of euphoria and sadness. What they gave him was a sign where it was written "This will also pass."
We know everything passes. Yet, especially in the West, death is a taboo. You can’t even talk about it. The inconvenient reminder that even our lives come to an end is avoided. Who do we lie to? Who are we kidding?
Without denial and without escapism, what we need is to seek preparation for this process. After all, one day all of us will die. We look for an intense life. We only lack the courage to face the fact that this play has an epilogue, which should give meaning to what has come before and prepare the scenes of the next acts, in which we will be, once again, protagonists.
In the incessant quest for love, success, money and appearances, we run in circles at high speed. Till the moment when, suddenly, without warning, this merry-go-round is interrupted. And we are forced to an inner dive that makes us finally question our attachments and accept that everything passes. Even us.
And then? Is there anything after? What lies beyond the tunnel, the bridge, the farewell? In this project, I present life and death as faces of the same coin. With the conviction that there is a sequel to this plot.
And that we must realize that there is death in life and life in death. Yin and Yang.
Death in the various “selfs” we bury in our process of continuous transformation.
Life that goes on in other dimensions and in the memory of all who crossed our path.
We know everything passes. Yet, especially in the West, death is a taboo. You can’t even talk about it. The inconvenient reminder that even our lives come to an end is avoided. Who do we lie to? Who are we kidding?
Without denial and without escapism, what we need is to seek preparation for this process. After all, one day all of us will die. We look for an intense life. We only lack the courage to face the fact that this play has an epilogue, which should give meaning to what has come before and prepare the scenes of the next acts, in which we will be, once again, protagonists.
In the incessant quest for love, success, money and appearances, we run in circles at high speed. Till the moment when, suddenly, without warning, this merry-go-round is interrupted. And we are forced to an inner dive that makes us finally question our attachments and accept that everything passes. Even us.
And then? Is there anything after? What lies beyond the tunnel, the bridge, the farewell? In this project, I present life and death as faces of the same coin. With the conviction that there is a sequel to this plot.
And that we must realize that there is death in life and life in death. Yin and Yang.
Death in the various “selfs” we bury in our process of continuous transformation.
Life that goes on in other dimensions and in the memory of all who crossed our path.
"Crossing"
Photography | 23.6x31.5 in
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"Dust to dust"
Photography | 23.6x31.5 in
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"Yin"
Photography | 23.6x31.5 in
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Biography
Marisa Melo is a female artist and photographer. Much of her insertion in photography came through the cinema and some great painters (Salvador Dali, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer) who simulated in their paintings the natural light in an impressive way.
Her images are a crossroad, an intersection, where antagonistic elements are reconciled and complete: Impressionist root meets modern art, tropical Brazil combines with European urban elements, universal themes are portrayed from the individual, euphoria and introspection, sensuality, and spirituality.
Her trademark is the indefinite form, just suggested. Ethereal. No place for the explicit. The feelings expressed on the screens open multiple tracks where each one travels along a path that feels like his own. In her work, the highlight is the search for emotion, the capture of the look, the moment. The image that rescues the beauty, although hidden to the less attentive look.
Marisa Melo is born in 1969. She lives and works in São Paulo (Brazil). She graduated in advertising and marketing, fashion and photography. Her work is present in many private collections.
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- Date of birth : 1969
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- Groups: Contemporary Brazilian Artists
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Added Sep 8, 2019
Marisa Melo at Art Shopping - Carrousel du Louvre - Paris 18-20 October 2019
Dear friends, I'd like to thank you for your comments and compliments.
They encourage me to follow the road of Art.
At the moment I'm working on the details for my participation in Art Shopping, which will take place at Carrousel du Louvre in Paris on October 18 to 20, 2019.
I take the opportunity to invite all friends of Paris, and those who are in the city at that time, to visit my stand (D-37).
It will be a great joy to meet you in person.
I'll keep you informed about the preparations.
Thank you.
Marisa Melo
Added Jul 7, 2019
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DANTE au féminin, en quelque sorte ! Composition subtile et délicate, qui dégage beaucoup de sensibilité.
J'adore toute la série IMPERMANENCE . Il faut faire encore photos !!!
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